When Lin Li opened his eyes again, the sky outside the window had completely darkened, though massive flashes of fire flickered from time to time.
Lin Li could feel that the injuries on his body had been healed; only his muscles felt a bit sore from being severely strained, and aside from that, he felt mentally exhausted.
Briefly reviewing his experiences before falling unconscious, Lin Li suddenly realized something:
“What about those children…”
He didn’t know how much time had passed, so Lin Li needed to find someone to ask about the situation.
Just as he was thinking this, the sound of a door being pushed open rang out, and Feng Xiaotian and the other two walked in.
“You recovered quite quickly.”
Feng Xiaotian sat familiarly on the edge of Lin Li’s bed and reached out to pinch the muscles on his upper arm.
“The healing Soul Master from Spirit Hall said your body is very unique, actually possessing the ability to recover on its own, but we didn’t expect you to wake up several hours earlier than estimated.”
“My Martial Soul is a bit special.”
“I can tell.”
Lin Li shook his head and asked the three of them, “So, what’s the situation now?”
Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang exchanged looks, and Huo Wushuang stepped forward to explain.
“The Vice-Principal returned yesterday to gather the experts in the city.
People from the Academy, Spirit Hall, and the City Lord’s Mansion have all gone out of the city.
Now the city gates are locked; no one can enter or leave.”
“According to the information I’ve gathered, those Fallen Soul Masters must have done something, using an evil ritual to summon a powerful figure.
Rumor has it that person’s strength might very well have reached the realm of a Titled Douluo…”
Titled Douluo…
These words rattled around in Lin Li’s mind, and for a moment, he wasn’t sure what he should do.
Thinking rationally, he should stay in Spirit Hall to recuperate, but Lin Li wanted to go out and see if the children abducted by those Fallen Soul Masters were still alive.
This was a significant difference between the anime version and the original work.
According to the original work’s power scaling, a Titled Douluo was at most a mid-tier martial power, and the gap between realms wasn’t that massive.
However, in the anime, to highlight the fantasy elements, they had poured a fortune into special effects.
But thinking back to the original work, Blazing Academy was able to participate in the later Continental Elite Soul Master Competition, which should mean this incident wouldn’t result in too great a disaster.
“I hope Grandfather returns safely.”
Huo Wushuang sighed after speaking, as if offering a prayer.
“With Grandfather’s strength as a Rank 89 Soul Douluo, there definitely won’t be a problem.” Huo Wu stepped forward, her eyes filled with trust.
The Principal of Blazing Academy was clearly still at the Soul Douluo level five years after the Soul Master Competition ended, and there were still eleven years until that time.
“Could it be…”
Lin Li thought of a possibility.
The current Principal of Blazing Academy, along with a group of experts from Blazing Fire City, had a high probability of perishing in this incident!
The reason Blazing Fire City and Blazing Academy weren’t severely damaged overall might have been because they traded the lives of their high-level combatants for it!
Lin Li re-evaluated this crisis, raising its severity by a level.
“Brother Wushuang, do you know what kind of thing that Fallen Soul Master’s ritual summoned?”
“This…”
Huo Wushuang looked a bit troubled; how could he know such a thing?
How could they possibly tell him?
Wouldn’t that just create panic?
“It is the Flame Demon Skeleton.”
A somewhat cool voice rang out from the doorway; it was that Healing-type Soul Emperor from Spirit Hall.
Due to the nature of her Martial Soul, the target of her healing could not move while she released her Martial Soul Abilities, making her unsuitable for the battlefield, so she stayed in Blazing Fire City as logistical support.
“Sister Nan!”
Huo Wu called out upon seeing the newcomer, appearing to be quite familiar with her.
Seeing her, Lin Li first expressed his gratitude for her healing before asking, “What is this Flame Demon Skeleton you just mentioned?”
Bai Nan pulled up a chair and sat down.
Looking at the curious eyes of the four teenagers before her, she began to reminisce:
“That is an artifact from our Fire Dancing Day sacrifices, and also a powerful figure from a thousand years ago who was just a step away from becoming a god…”
When the Vice-Principal of Blazing Academy returned to call for reinforcements, he also instructed some people to look through records, requesting a quick compilation of information regarding their legendary ‘Fire God.’
Through these records and appropriate speculation, information about that powerful figure was brought to light.
Huo Qianyi, a Rank 99 Limit Douluo from a thousand years ago with an Innate Full Soul Power Flame Demon Spirit.
He failed at some stage during his God Position inheritance.
Unwilling to accept it, Huo Qianyi attempted to forcibly fuse the Divine Power already converted within his body into his Flame Demon Spirit, wanting to break through the final rank’s bottleneck with his incomplete strength.
But unfortunately, he failed.
The Flame Demon Spirit is a special kind of Martial Soul.
On one hand, it can suppress Fallen Soul Masters, but if its user becomes a Fallen Soul Master, they will be the most powerful kind, capable of easily slaughtering and burning an entire great city to ashes. Read this novel at novelping dot com for the best experience.
Huo Qianyi resisted the temptation coming from his Martial Soul and cultivated all the way to the end, but he was still ultimately consumed by the backlash.
The Divine Power, the Flame Demon Spirit, and Huo Qianyi’s body, which had been modified by Divine Power, underwent an incomprehensible mutation, leading to its preservation until now.
Stored along with it was the Divine Power within Huo Qianyi’s skeleton.
Those Fallen Soul Masters wanted to lay hands on the Divine Power, but they were suppressed by the Flame Demon’s power and could not get close.
They could only use an evil ritual to inject life force into the skeleton to revive it.
Once the Flame Demon Spirit is dispersed by the experts of Blazing Fire City, all that will remain is the Divine Power sealed within the skeleton.
With Bai Nan’s description, Lin Li gained a general understanding of the current situation.
At the same time, as a transmigrator, Lin Li knew even more.
“I didn’t expect a failed Gods Examination to result in this kind of situation…”
There was actually another person on the continent right now who had failed, and that was Tang Chen in Slaughter City.
But the circumstances of the two were completely different, so their outcomes were also entirely different.
If this Huo Qianyi perished here, did that mean the Fire God’s trial grounds were also here?
This was a crisis, but also an opportunity.
Even those Fallen Soul Masters who had planned for so long only wanted a bit of Divine Power.
With their limited knowledge, how could they imagine that the true opportunity was beneath the volcano—the possible inheritance site of a God Position.
Thinking of this, Lin Li made up his mind to go and see for himself.
Because his Martial Soul was special, there was no God Position that was perfectly suited for him,
But there was also no God Position that was unsuited for him.
Strictly speaking, no matter what god it was, as long as Lin Li was given time to adapt, he could evolve the corresponding abilities.
Obtaining an inheritance was not impossible!
While Lin Li was pondering his plans, Huo Wushuang and his sister, who had finished listening to Bai Nan’s account, grew anxious.
“In other words, the person Grandfather and the others have to face is a Limit Douluo who wields Divine Power, along with several Fallen Soul Masters?”
“Then isn’t Grandfather in great danger?!”
“Don’t worry,” Bai Nan spoke again.
“After all, so much time has passed; no one can say for sure how much strength is actually left in that skeleton, so the danger level isn’t that high.”
Sitting on the bed, Lin Li could see a drop of sweat rolling down the side of Bai Nan’s face.
She was lying!
This danger was fatal for the current Principal of Blazing Academy; the probability of his death was almost certain!
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